Cops ID driver killed in 3-truck crash on I-81 in Binghamton

BINGHAMTON, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities have released the name of the truck driver who was killed when three tractor-trailers were involved in a fiery chain-reaction crash on an upstate New York highway.

Police in Binghamton on Thursday identified 26-year-old Phillip Miller, of Homer in Cortland County, as the driver of the truck that burst into flames during Wednesday morning's accident on Interstate 81's southbound lanes.

Two other trucks also crashed near where state Route 17 and I-81 split on Binghamton's north side. The accident closed the highway's northbound lanes for 1½ hours, while the southbound lanes were closed for nearly eight hours.